Today, I was super hungry and went to a Thai restaurant. The waitress left two small bowls of fried rice on the counter, and I thought they were for me. I ate one and a lady came over screaming. Apparently the small cups of rice was part of a religious ceremony. FML
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Today, I was eager to learn how to use chopsticks, as I was in a nice Chinese restaurant and had ordered noodles. As I was visibly struggling to eat, the server brought me a fork. When I reached for it, I flicked a noodle into a lady's soup at the next table. FML
Today, I received a food delivery. The bag was huge. I thought the restaurant had made a mistake and given me extra food. I checked the receipt; it said, “Special note: For our hungriest customer. Extra napkins!” They'd remembered me from last time I ordered a ton of food. FML
Today, my dad was making a sandwich in the kitchen. Hungry, I snuck in and grabbed it, running back to my room and devouring it. Later at dinner, he dumped a whole scoop of rice in my lap. We all ended up laughing as we cleaned it. FML
Today, I was in a restaurant with my fiancée for dinner. I commented that she had some food around her mouth. She responded with a lecture, then by throwing her hot bowl of noodles at me, before stomping out the restaurant. FML
Today, in an act of friendship, I made chicken curry for a colleague and brought it to work. She looked excited and squealed, "Yum!" When leaving the office at 5pm, she told me she was "taking it to eat at home." But at 7pm, during my routine snooping around for snacks, I found the curry hidden behind a shelf. FML
Today, when making a delivery for the restaurant I work for, a customer shoved and yelled at me because she didn't get any fries with her order. She didn't order any, which isn't unusual, considering we're a Chinese takeaway and don't even sell them. FML
Today, I went to a Japanese restaurant. While the chef was throwing food at us, I was getting ready for my turn. He tossed a piece of broccoli at me, I leaned back to catch it, completely falling off my chair. I knocked everything over and had the packed restaurant laughing at me. FML
Today, my mother decided to cook dinner for us and used rice that she had in her cupboard. While helping out, I stirred the dish and noticed black flecks. Turns out they were rice weevils. She tried to convince me it was "burnt garlic" and served it to the rest of the family. FML
Today, I found a piece of rice in my belly button. I can't remember the last time I ate or handled rice. FML
Today, I stopped at a mini-mart and bought a family-size bag of potato chips, a tub of dip, a box of toaster pastries, and some snack cakes. The guy at the counter said, "Wow, someone's hungry!" I told him it wasn't all for me, paid, and left in a huff. It was all for me. I ate it all by that evening. FML
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cradle6 13
If you were sitting at a bar, I could understand. If you were at a table and you got up to grab the food, then YDI.
HowieDoIt 21
Snap, crackle, and pop: The Gods of the Rice Universe...bad mistake to take their sacrifice
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TheDrifter 24
This sounds to me like OP wasn't even seated yet and just grabbed food off the till counter by the door. Ignorance of Thai customs I can forgive, but randomly eating every bit of food you see is just rude.
HouseElf 13
I'd say ignorance (of other cultures, especially in a Thai restaurant) is rather rude. But perhaps its too big of a step up from barbaric tendencies to eat anything in sight.
laden_swallow09 35
68- Do you even know what ignorance is? It would be ignorance because no one has taught OP about Thai customs, so how could possibly it be rude? Ignorance can be easily rectified by casting him out of the restaurant at the very most. A heartfelt apology – accepted by the restauranteurs or not – would be a step in the right direction. Stupidity, however, is claiming anything edible within OP's line of sight as his own – much less curable, regardless of how hungry he is.
insaneygolover 9
Oh my god. YDI. Be patient! Not an asshole.
bexxiiee 11
Good grief. YDI, don't just assume.
Irraesh 2
yes how dare he just assume that the food in front of him is meant for eating in a restaurant. i suppose i should stop assuming i can pee in the urinals in the bathroom
ScarlieC 25
Just because it's food in a restaurant you can't assume that it's yours.
ScarlieC 25
And the food wasn't in front of OP..
Ameel_fml 19
The urinal example doesn't really work considering many places do restrict bathroom access to those who aren't staff or customers. But you know what you do to make sure you're allowed to use those bathrooms? You ASK. Just like the OP should have asked if the rice was intended for them. Just because something is placed on the counter, doesn't mean you automatically eat it. Especially if OP didn't order it to begin with, and nobody told OP that it was their rice.
hannaaaahr 33
Well, was it good?
Synistiel 14
No, they ate the whole bowl because they hated it and didn't want anyone else to eat it.
Spectre529 12
Ohh that sucks... There was no way of knowing that
greenie213 23
If you didn't order rice but ate it anyways, then YDI. But if you did order rice, then it's understandable.
glittercookies 12
You are impatient and rude. You could have at least asked if that was yours.
Kingbreezy04 10
Tell her you have a ceremony, eating shit your not supposed to.
ScarlieC 25
OP, you confuse me.. In the ceremony small cups are used for the rice. There are 2 drinks in small glasses next to it and it is placed next to 5 sticks of burning incense. This is all on a plate. And then put on the counter. I know this because I've prepared this daily for 8 years. How could you think that it was for you? Not knowing other customs can be forgiven, but if the tiny sizes did not alarm you the burning incense must have. Unless you thought that was edible too.. And in that case, you shouldn't go anywhere alone. Ever.
Acik91 26
I only entered the thread to like this comment, I like it when experts (whatever their area of expertise) clarify things.
pandalover69 26
Most people would probably do what the OP did, if you're gonna have food in your religious ceremony at a restaurant then don't put it in front of some random person who clearly has no idea what's going on.
TheDrifter 24
It's not in front of OP. It was on the counter. If people would just get out a little they would realize that this ceremony is almost universal in Thai restaurants.
stupidpplsuck 33
it sounds to me, atleast from the post, that only the rice bowls were there, not the drinks and other things.
Altar_fml 2
I've seen my mom prepared offerings for over 20 years. Bowls of fried rice, candles, joss sticks, a bag of tea leaves and a bag of sweets. But never have I seen her prepared utensils. In fact, of all the offerings I've seen, none places utensils there. You ate those rice with your hands?!